#ifndef LOG_H#define LOG_H#include <string>#include <fstream>#include <ctime>enum LogLevel {Fatal = 0, Error, Warning, Information, Debug};class LOG {public:	LOG(void);	void disable();	void enable();	void setloglevel(LogLevel Severity);	void setmaxloglevel(LogLevel Severity);	void out(char * Message);	void out(char * Message, LogLevel Severity);	void out(std::string Message);	void out(std::string Message, LogLevel Severity);private:	LogLevel CurrentLogLevel;	char * filename;	bool isEnabled;	LogLevel MaxLogLevel;};#endif /* LOG_H */

#include "Log.h"LOG::LOG(void) {	CurrentLogLevel = Debug;	MaxLogLevel = Debug;	filename = "Log.txt";	isEnabled = true;}void LOG::disable() {	isEnabled = false;}void LOG::enable() {	isEnabled = true;}void LOG::setloglevel(LogLevel Severity){	CurrentLogLevel = Severity;}void LOG::setmaxloglevel(LogLevel Severity) {	MaxLogLevel = Severity;}/*Summary: Writes "Message" to a file using the DefaultLogLevel//*/void LOG::out(char * Message) {	if( (isEnabled) && (CurrentLogLevel >= MaxLogLevel) ) {		std::fstream File;		size_t writebufferlength;		File.open(filename, std::ios::out | std::ios::app);		if ( File.is_open() ) {			switch(CurrentLogLevel)			{			case Debug:				{				File.write("Debug\n",6);				break;				}			case Information:				{				File.write("Information\n",12);				break;				}			case Warning:				{				File.write("Warning!\n",9);				break;				}			case Error:				{				File.write("!!ERROR!!\n",10);				break;				}			case Fatal:				{				File.write("!!!FATAL ERROR!!!\n",27);				File.write("This is the Line You Are Looking for LOL!\n", 42);				break;				}			}			time_t ltime;			struct tm *Tm;		    ltime=time(NULL);		    Tm=localtime(&ltime);			char * timestamp = asctime(Tm);			writebufferlength = strlen(timestamp);			File.write(timestamp, writebufferlength);			writebufferlength = strlen(Message);			File.write(Message, writebufferlength);			File.write("\n\n",2);		}		File.flush();		File.close();	}}/*Summary: Writes "Message" to a file using the specified LogLevel//*/void LOG::out(char * Message, LogLevel Severity) {	if( (isEnabled) && (Severity <= MaxLogLevel) ) {		std::fstream File;		size_t writebufferlength;		File.open(filename, std::ios::out | std::ios::app);		if ( File.is_open() ) {			switch(Severity)			{			case Debug:				{				File.write("Debug\n",6);				break;				}			case Information:				{				File.write("Information\n",12);				break;				}			case Warning:				{				File.write("Warning!\n",9);				break;				}			case Error:				{				File.write("!!ERROR!!\n",10);				break;				}			case Fatal:				{				File.write("!!!FATAL ERROR!!!\n",27);				File.write("This is the Line You Are Looking for LOL!\n", 42);				break;				}			}			time_t ltime;			struct tm *Tm;		    ltime=time(NULL);		    Tm=localtime(&ltime);			char * timestamp = asctime(Tm);			writebufferlength = strlen(timestamp);			File.write(timestamp, writebufferlength);			writebufferlength = strlen(Message);			File.write(Message, writebufferlength);			File.write("\n\n",2);		}		File.flush();		File.close();	}}void LOG::out(std::string Message) {	char *sz;	sz = new char[Message.length() + 1];	strcpy(sz, Message.c_str());	// now work with sz, which is a copy of s	out(sz);	// clean up	delete [] sz;}void LOG::out(std::string Message, LogLevel Severity) {	char *sz;	sz = new char[Message.length() + 1];	strcpy(sz, Message.c_str());	// now work with sz, which is a copy of s	out(sz, Severity);	// clean up	delete [] sz;}

Quote:Original post by _Kami_
it would be a good idea to include categories, so you can turn on and off logging for parts in the code. (usually, you don't want to log mouse position, but sometimes it can be handy to turn that logging on)

edit:
you probably want to be able to log to stdout as well as to files.

its not thread safe, but maybe that is by design because you don't need it.

personally i would get rid of the "funny" messages. Its easy enough to search a log for "fatal error".

Also, consider that there are many log alternatives out there already that are well tested with great functionality